legitimate1
KK: [lɪˈdʒɪtǝmɪt]
DJ: [liˈdʒitimit]
a.
- 合法的
He is the
legitimate heir to the property.
他是這宗財產的合法繼承人。
- 合法婚姻所生的,嫡出的[Z]
- 正統的
- 正當的,合理的
He had a
legitimate reason for being late.
他遲到有合理的理由。
衍生
辨析
legitimate2
KK: [lɪˈdʒɪtǝˌmеt]
DJ: [liˈdʒitimеit]
vt.
- 使合法;宣布……為合法
legitimate an accession to the throne
使登王位合法化
- 證明……有理(或正當)
衍生
adj.
/
lɪˈdʒɪtɪmət/
- conforming to the law or to rules.
▸(of a sovereign) having a title based on strict hereditary right.
- (of a child) born of parents lawfully married to each other.
- able to be defended with logic or justification.
v.
/
lɪˈdʒɪtɪmeɪt/
make legitimate.
Derivative
- legitimately adv.
- legitimation n.
- legitimatization
or legitimatisation n. - legitimatize
or legitimatise v.
Etymology
ME: from med. L. legitimatus, legitimare ‘make legal’.